Grocery Outlet (GO) Competitors

Grocery Outlet (NASDAQ:GO) and Weis Markets (NYSE:WMK) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Does the media prefer GO or WMK?

In the previous week, Grocery Outlet had 8 more articles in the media than Weis Markets. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Grocery Outlet and 0 mentions for Weis Markets. Grocery Outlet's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Weis Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that Grocery Outlet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Grocery Outlet	Positive
Weis Markets	Neutral

Do analysts recommend GO or WMK?

Grocery Outlet currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.44%. Given Grocery Outlet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Grocery Outlet is more favorable than Weis Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grocery Outlet	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Weis Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, GO or WMK?

Grocery Outlet has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weis Markets has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GO or WMK more profitable?

Weis Markets has a net margin of 2.01% compared to Grocery Outlet's net margin of 1.20%. Weis Markets' return on equity of 6.85% beat Grocery Outlet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grocery Outlet	1.20%	5.25%	2.11%
Weis Markets	2.01%	6.85%	4.67%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GO or WMK?

99.9% of Grocery Outlet shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Grocery Outlet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of Weis Markets shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GO or WMK?

Weis Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Grocery Outlet. Weis Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grocery Outlet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grocery Outlet	$3.97B	0.44	$79.44M	$0.51	35.45
Weis Markets	$4.70B	0.40	$103.83M	$3.56	19.79

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GO or WMK?

Weis Markets received 170 more outperform votes than Grocery Outlet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.80% of users gave Weis Markets an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Grocery Outlet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Grocery Outlet	Outperform Votes 32 33.33%	Underperform Votes 64 66.67%
Weis Markets	Outperform Votes 202 65.80%	Underperform Votes 105 34.20%

Summary

Weis Markets beats Grocery Outlet on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.